Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-10-20
culture" and shall describe the particu-
lar tract or tracts of land so exempt.
Training Kicking Cows.

When milking COW writes L. c. Curt.
In The Practical Farmer, she should .tand
In proper position, which many cows
seem determined not TO. The COW is the
strongest, and anger and brutal treat.
ment are the result. Could the mixer
apply his strength in some easy, practical
manner, so as TO compel the COW TO stand
| In proper position while being MIXED
there would be no cause for anger on the
/ part OF the mixer; hence no brutal treat
/ ment would necessarily result. Some
cows kick from natural or acquired vici-
BUSINESS, others because the operation of
milking is paineful from tenderness or
otherwise. Hence, in some cases il is a
sort OF surgical operation, and tho patti.
emf must be confined to submit The
proper position for q COW TO stand in Is
to hoist" /. &, the right hind foot
should step back; or what Is equivalent,
the opposite foot should be advanced. II
Will be noticed that COW in this position
rests hsr greatest weight on the foot
tarthest from the mixer. Such being
the case, she can not then, well kich with
that foot. 1t seems then very plain that
the crow should "hoist;' if she will not,
simply propose TO compel her to. For
this purpose keep in the stable rope
about ten feet long. Make a loop on one
end, go to the left side of the COW, loop
the rope around the hind leg, drop it
down near ths dewclaws, pass il around
the s'anchion twice il necessary, and
draw the foot forward as far as necces
sary. This is a forced hoist, and it has
effect, in almost all cases to cure or break
up ths annoying habit of many cows that
keep stepping or changing position, thus
compelling the mixer TO move rs often
IS the COW does.
south American Agriculture.
A resident OF the county writes that
Paraguay appears to be but slowly re
covering from the ruinous effects of the
seven years war, which commenced in
1864, and nearly exterminating the ADULT
males, while three.fourths of the women
and children are supposed to have died
of hunger. A census. taken last March
and recently published, gives 239,77+ a
the number of inhabitants, and 1853 000
acres as the crea of land under tillage, or
not quite two-thirds OF an acre per in
habitaut. In 1868 the area was returned
at 550,OG0 acres and the population at
over l,000,000; but there is reason TO be-
lieve that the number of the people was
purpOsely exaggerated in that year.
There are still 40 women to 100 men in
Paraguay, and the scarcity of male labor
probably accounts Tor the slow progress
of agriculture; but il Is to be borne in
mind that there was very little land under
cultivation at the end of the war. The
crop must extensively grown il maize,
of which there were SO 500 acres last har.
vest. The proportion of tobacco is large
5000 acres being grown. Live stock are
astonishingly few in number, the census
showing only 100000 cattle, 62, OO0 horses,
80 900 sheep, IL 600 goats, and 10000
pigs. Yet horses and cattle, it is said,
have more than trebled in the last ten
years. Agriculture in Brazil, or at any
rate in the province of Miaus, acc )rding
to Consul Ricketts,, of England, is in a
primitive condition indeed. In many
places the cultivation of the soil is con
fined to cutting down and burning the
forest, and planting III the soil that
III the simplest and easiest fashion,
Maize is dropped into holes made with
stick and covered over with the foot.
This same land is cropped for two or
three years, and then abandoned for four
or five. Elsewhere the hoe is the princi-
pal implement of cultivation, plows being
used on the sugar and coffee plantations
as a rule. Labor is not easily obtained
and the crops suffer from blight and in
sects, while castle die in large numbers
during the dry weather prevailing from
June to October. Among other disad-
vantages weighing upon agriculturists
deficient means of transport in many
in many districts mey be mentioned.